Thread: brake upgrades?
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Old 08-08-2006, 07:15 PM   #17
ocbaud
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Re: brake upgrades?

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Originally Posted by dh81k30
Eric,

I do not know much about your truck but here are a couple of things you might consider:

>If your engine cannot reliably produce about 18 inches of vacuum then your booster is not working up to its potential - you might consider a backup vacuum pump.

>If your engine vacuum is okay then you might consider installing a larger booster or a smaller bore master cylinder.

>Not sure if it will work but you might consider changing the pedal pivot point(s) to the manual brake locations so that the pedal has more leverage.

HTH,
there isnt a problem with the brakes on the truck, they just suck from the factory
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